Feb
11
2012
Welcome to another Ribbon Inspiration Saturday/Stamp Simply Style. Today the design team was challenged to create using the color blue — I think blue is a color we all love and gravitate towards often. I went through a streak a few years back where I think everything I made was blue with black accents — [...]
Feb
04
2012
Welcome, friends! Today is Saturday so that means another Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today the design team was challenged to use Ric Rac in their projects. Ric Rac — what does that bring to mind? Well, for me I think immediately of aprons — aprons from the 50′s era decorated above the [...]
Jan
24
2012
Today I have a Vintage Valentine Kit to show you that I put together using a product I have long loved — Cotton Scraps by Crafty Secrets. Unfortunately, these Cotton Scraps are no longer being manufactured, so when they are gone, they’re gone. They were a produt that I’ve used over and over and over [...]
Jan
19
2012
Much to cover again — first let’s announce the winner from this past week’s Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style hop. The winner was chosen this week from Holly’s blog, and the random number generator selected: Betty Neville Huge congrats! to you, Betty. Please email me at ssj@up.net to claim your prize — which is this ribbon [...]
Jan
14
2012
Welcome to our Saturday Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style challenge. Today the design team felt they needed more thank you cards, so we decided to create thank you cards with a twist. We were each to make 2 cards essentially the same, but one being clean and simple while the other one was more decked out. [...]
Jan
07
2012
Welcome back to our first Ribbon Inspiration challenge for 2012. Today the design team is creating Valentines. Everyone went in a different direction and I think you’ll enjoy the HOP. As always, the Blog Candy will be listed at the end of this post. For my Valentine project today I created a hanging Valentine. I [...]
Dec
14
2011
Today I have a very quick duo of no stamp cards, but first let’s address the winner from last Saturday’s Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Last Saturday we focused on holiday decor items and had fun with it. The winner was selected this week from my blog, and the winner chosen by Random.org was #56, who [...]
Dec
12
2011
I needed to come up with a quick wedding card this weekend. Ben and Jessie attended a wedding and wanted a card for a gift of money. I knew exactly what to do as this had to be done quickly as they were due to leave shortly. I asked them what color the invitation was and [...]
Dec
10
2011
Welcome to another Saturday of Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today we are featuring Holiday Decor — I think you’ll LOVE what the design team girls have come up with today. Their projects are fabulous items that you can make for your own home or to give as treasured gifts. The links to their blogs will [...]
Nov
30
2011
Today I have a fun trio of Christmas stockings that I finally got a chance to play with, but before we get to that let’s annouce the winner from Saturday’s Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Last week’s challenge focused on Tags. The blog candy winner was chosen this week from Barb’s Blog, and she is Karen [...]